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\ Patented 061;.v 30,1883.

- Charles LfijittiTw UNI E STATES PATENT O FICE.

, oHARLEs A. HARRIs, OF MILLRURY, onIo, AssIeNoR on ONE-HALF TO 1 CHARLES P. CURTIS AND EDWARD KARCHNER, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

STAVE-BAL'ING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 287,672, dated October 30, 1883.

Application filed August 17, 1B83.- No model.)

To all whom it maiy concern/ Be it known that I, GHARLEs A. HARRIs, a

. citizen of the United States, residing at Millbury, in the county of Wood and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Stave-Baling Machines, of which the following is a specification. A

This invention relates to certain improvements in machines for baling or bundling staves; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of theoperating parts of my machine removed from the frame, with the hand-lever and ratchet attached; and Fig; 2, a longitudinal section of my machine, sho wing a bundle or bale of staves placed in position and compressed.

Referring to the drawings, A A represent the frame-work of my machine, having sills a a, upon which the staves to be baled are placed.

B B represent two U -shap ed yokes or frames,

united at their tops by two locking-arms, B"

B, each one of said locking-arms being "pivoted to one of the arms of the U-shaped yoke, the other arms of said yokes terminating in bent portions or hooks b I Said yokes are provided with screw-threadedarms or extensions b b, by means of which and nuts they are secured to the opposite ends of abeam, O. The beam 0 is provided at its center with two links, a c, by means of which it is secured to a beam, D. Said beam D is pivoted at one end, as at d, to one end of the'frame AA, and at the other end is loosely connected with a orank-shaft.,E, journaled in the frame A A. One end of the said crank-shaft extends through the side of the frame, and is provided with a hand-lever, F.

G represents a ratchet-segment secured to one side of the frame, near the handle end .of the hand-lever F, for the purpose hereinafter described.

' The operation of my machine ,is as follows: The locking-bars B B are first swung around and the handlever released.

out of the way and the hand-lever F raised to its highest position.

The hand-lever F is now depressed, thus depressing theyokes B B through the medium The staves are now placed in the yokes B B, resting upon their of the crank-shaft E and beams D and O, and

compressing the staves into a compact bundle. The hand-lever F is now slipped into engagement with the ratchet-segment G, securely holding the bundle of staves in its com: pleted condition. The cords usually employed for the purpose are now passed around the ends of the bundle of staves and tightly tied,

nowin a compact and secure bundle for transportation, and are removed from the machine and the operation repeated. Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. The combination of the frame A A, yokes The staves are B B, lockingarms B B, beams O D, crankshaft E, and hand-lever F, substantially as described. r 2. The frame A A, having sills a a, in combination with the yokes B B, having lockingarms B B, the beams G D, connected as shown, the crank-lever E, hand-lever F, and ratchetsegment G, all constructed and arranged substantially as described. 4

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES HARRIs.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. TUCKER, J OSEPH N. (house 

